Sig blasted through the hull and infiltrated the Beasts Pirates' ship through the watertight compartment...
If they weren't currently engaged in a fierce battle with CP0's top fighters, both Queen and Pizarro would have surely noticed the sound, but they couldn't afford to worry about that right now.
Although this place is already outside the island, Sig did not dare to use the magnetic field to search directly. Otherwise, although he could detect the entire ship in an instant, he would inevitably be discovered.
Sig is currently only breaking through one water compartment at a time until he reaches the cargo hold.
Because a battle was taking place on the deck, no pirate guards were seen.
While entering a state of "Psychological Invisibility," Sig continued to make his way towards the upper cabin.
Although he didn't know where Caesar was, or even if Caesar was there at all, Sig already had his own "target"—the ability of the "Listener" allowed Sig to hear the voice of the Devil Fruit!
And...
This sound was different from any Sig had heard before—it seemed much less effective at luring him out of control than other Devil Fruit?
It sounds more like a baby babbling, only the "voice" is anything but quiet!
At this moment, Sig didn't care to listen carefully to what kind of fruit it was. Instead, he restrained his already weak ability to entice and lose control as he walked towards the location of the fruit.
Once a fight breaks out here, Kaido will definitely notice that the giant blue dragon is already circling above the ship!
The ship's tremors became increasingly noticeable, clearly indicating that the battle outside was intensifying.
At this point, Sig went to the rest cabin, or rather the crew cabin, and "torn open" a specially encrypted door, whereupon he discovered what was inside.
On what appeared to be a laboratory table, there sat something... that looked like Devil Fruit?
Sig saw the fruit, he was first surprised, then realized what it was!
The fruit resembles an apple in shape, but strangely, the patterns on it are not counter-clockwise swirling clouds, but rather circular rings...
Logically, the "prototype" of Devil Fruit could be any fruit, or even more than just fruit, and after mutation, its color could be all sorts of strange shapes and colors. However... the counter-clockwise swirling cloud pattern should be a characteristic of all Devil Fruit!
When Sieg first saw the circles on the fruit, Sig was taken aback. Then, his ability through the White Tower Path made Sig quickly recall that these were the patterns of Artificial Devil Fruit.
That's how it is in the original work, but Sieg didn't pay much attention to it before he traveled through Sig. However, with the ability of the White Tower Path, he will naturally think of it.
Just then, the ship suddenly shuddered—despite being a "large ship," it rocked violently.
Seeing that the Artificial Devil Fruit was about to fall, Sig reached out and caught it.
"Who goes there?" a loud shout came from behind Sig.
Sig had heard the footsteps long ago, but deliberately remained silent, though he had already changed into his "Vampire outfit".
Turning around, he saw two men, one fat and one thin, who were a head taller than Sig. They were probably there to take the fruit during the commotion and just happened to run into Sig!
In fact, when the two of them first reached the door, they didn't "see" Sig at all, or rather, they didn't realize that Sig was right in front of them.
However, immediately afterward, because the Artificial Devil Fruit sample that the other party cared about fell, Sig caught it. Since Sig had something that the other party cared about, it was as if he had stepped out of the other party's psychological trap.
The two were startled to find someone "suddenly" inside the house. They had just arrived at the door and were only surprised, not noticing the person at first glance, and hadn't had time to consider the abruptness of Sig's appearance.
The two men were quite different. The thin one wore a striped shirt and a smoky "coat," and had horns on his head. The other man was rather fat and greasy, with a protruding belly, prominent fangs on his lower jaw, and horns on his head as well.
Both of their horns are decorative, but the former's horns look like those of Devil, which is probably a custom from somewhere, while the latter's horns are standard equipment for the Beasts Pirates.
It was Caesar Clown, CP0's primary target, and Sasaki, Beasts Pirates executive who was protecting and monitoring him!
As he shouted the question, Caesar began to secretly release poison gas into the room, while Sasaki gripped the sword at his waist.
Caesar is Logia Gas-Gas Devil Fruit ability, but he hasn't developed his skills in the fruit to a great extent, and his physical abilities are almost nonexistent. In actual combat, he relies almost entirely on the inherent attributes of the Logia, and at most, he can bully "newcomers" in the first half of the Grand Line.
However, Caesar's most important ability was not his combat prowess, but his research capabilities.
Caesar once served in the Navy, but his unscrupulous behavior and extensive human experimentation angered Vegapunk. When the Navy attempted to arrest him, Caesar detonated the research lab and escaped. After a series of twists and turns, he was "captured" by Captain John had returned to sea.
Through "Captain John," Caesar was indirectly working for Kaido...
CP0's solo operation without naval support is likely due to this reason, and it seems they don't want the Navy to know.
"Don't get excited yet," Sig said, his eyes flashing red, as he used "Battle Hypnosis" while pretending to be using Vampire Fruit.
Taking advantage of the moment when the two were stunned, Sig's shadow instantly expanded and made direct contact with their shadows. Then... their own shadows instantly began to twist strangely, and then materialized like ropes, binding their bodies instead!
Even those with Logia body cannot avoid being entangled by their own shadow...
This was not a physical contact to begin with, so it wouldn't become invalid due to Elementalization.
However, Caesar was having a little idea in mind, and it seemed he had another way. Sig noticed this, but didn't expose him immediately.
"Damn it! Who are you?" Sasaki finally came to his senses, but he was already unable to move.
At this time, Sasaki was only in his early twenties, and his strength was not as great as it would be twelve years later. He was not yet considered a high-ranking officer. He was only being given special training because he ate the Ancient Zoan Triceratops Fruit...
Sig didn't even look at him, but stared at "Caesar" and said, "This really came to us without any effort at all."
With that, Sig first threw the Artificial Devil Fruit into his shadow and hid it.
But just then, the ship shook violently again, accompanied by a dragon's roar and a palpable sense of menace coming from above— Kaido had indeed arrived!
Sasaki sneered, still struggling, while Sig only frowned slightly.